History Trivia / CasinoRoyale

* MarketBasedTitle: ''Casino'''s first paperback release in the U.S. was retitled to the punchier ''You Asked For It'', to appeal more to the pulp market. More details [[http://killercoversoftheweek.blogspot.com/2011/02/you-asked-for-it-by-ian-fleming.html here]].

* TechnologyMarchesOn: Inevitable; in particular a plot point where Bond is surprised that a contact radio can be made that small (huge by today's standards).

!!1954 TV production:

* DeletedScene: The extremely hard-to-find ''real'' ending involved Le Chiffre grabbing the razor and holding Vesper hostage, followed by Bond shooting the former then making out with Vesper.* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/PeterLorre is not an IneffectualSympatheticVillain...* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The network apparently commissioned a James Bond TV show based on the strength of this one special. Ian Fleming wrote a few outlines for some episodes and then negotiations fell through, and Fleming used the outlines he had already created and that became the eighth Bond book ''For Your Eyes Only''. Fleming would have his turn in television again when he did some concept work for ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE''.

* AbilityOverAppearance: Creator/DanielCraig got a lot of controversy when he was cast as James Bond because he looked very different from the past Bonds, being derisively referred to as "James Blond." This all went away, of course, once the film came out, and he got rave reviews. He may have invoked the trope since he refused to dye his hair black for the role.* TheCameo: ** There's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance by rock-star executive Richard Branson: he's one of the people being scanned when Bond goes through Miami Airport security. They actually had to cut this little bit for inflight showings on British Airways flights, due to Branson's airline Virgin Atlantic being a rival competitor to British Airways in transatlantic air travel** A similarly short appearance by VS Angel Alessandra Ambrosio as a sexy tennis player who gives Bond the eyes in Nassau.** One of the poker players is played by Tsai Chin, who played Ling, the Chinese girl Bond beds in the pre-credits sequence of ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice''.* CastTheExpert:** The parkour guy that James Bond pursues in the LeParkour scene at the beginning of the film is Sébastien Foucan, one of the inventors of LeParkour.** When Bond plays poker at the Ocean Club and wins Dimitrios's car, the dealer running the game is an actual professional poker dealer who works at that establishment.* DeathByCameo: The director of the film plays a truck driver who has his {{neck snap}}ped at the Miami airport.* DyeingForYourArt: Daniel Craig buffed up and put on twenty pounds of muscle for the role of Bond. In an aversion of the literal meaning of the trope, many critics moaned about Craig's hair being blonde in the film.* FakeBrit: Eva Green is French.* HeyItsThatGuy:** Tyrone from {{Snatch}} is apparently a poker ace too.** Le Chiffre's stockbroker is none other than [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E2CityOfDeath Duggan]] (Tom Chadbon).** The warlord that Le Chiffre meets at the beginning would later go on to appear on the seventh season of ''Series/TwentyFour'', ironically enough as a prime minister opposing a similar warlord.** Spanish people watching this film could easily recognize the casino director as [[ElInternado Jacques Noiret]].** That's [[Film/InglouriousBasterds Sgt. Werner Rachtman]] contacting Vesper while in Venice** Madame Wu is also [[Series/AgentsOfSHIELD S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent May's mother]].** Hey, It's That Plane!: The plane that served as the experimental skyliner is now located at Dunsfield Aerodrome, also home of ''Series/TopGear''. You can frequently catch glimpses of it behind the test track, and Jeremy Clarkson actually tows it during a tractor "drag" race in one episode.* MythologyGag: To get this you have to read several of the original novels, especially ''Goldfinger''. Throughout the series there are references to the game at the Casino Royale including the names and positions of the players. The large black gentleman? Mr. Big from ''Literature/LiveAndLetDie''. The touristy woman to Felix's left? In the book ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'', she and her husband ask Bond to investigate Goldfinger's cheating them.* NonAppearingTitle: "You Know My Name" has no mention of "Casino Royale" because according to Music/ChrisCornell, he "couldn't imagine it fitting into a song lyric that would come out of my mouth"-->"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEk9gWNfaVE ''Casino Royale'' didn't make a good rock title]], but I would write a song named ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'' just for fun".* HistoricalInJoke: A throwaway line from M suggests that Le Chiffre may have orchestrated the 9/11 attacks, or at the very least, profited off of them.* TechnologyMarchesOn: Cell phones, here probably intended to show how gadgets aren't necessary in the modern world. They looked terrific at the time (remember that GPS?) but amusingly, in today's smartphone era they all now look terribly out of date.* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Approximately half the male actors in film were rumored as being considered for the role of Bond. Of note, Creator/HenryCavill was the runner-up, but at age 22, was considered too young.** A lot of the examples of this trope for this film involve the constant struggle of MGM and EON to secure/keep/re-secure the rights to the novel.*** As ''Film/{{Hitchcock}}'' notes, when MGM first had the rights, they wanted Creator/AlfredHitchcock to direct, with Creator/CaryGrant as Bond. Sadly, that fell through. And then Columbia got the rights and did [[CasinoRoyale1967 that other film....]]*** Creator/QuentinTarantino often expressed his desire to do the film--as a prequel to the classic series instead of a reboot, set before ''Film/DrNo''. He also noted that if a literal prequel were impossible, he'd have kept Creator/PierceBrosnan. (He's since half-joked that his interest in doing ''Casino Royale'' was what led to the studio trying to secure the rights for the book again.)----

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* AbilityOverAppearance: Creator/DanielCraig got a lot of controversy when he was cast as James Bond because he looked very different from the past Bonds, being derisively referred to as "James Blond." This all went away, of course, once the film came out, and he got rave reviews. He may have invoked the trope since he refused to dye his hair black for the role.* TheCameo: ** There's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance by rock-star executive Richard Branson: he's one of the people being scanned when Bond goes through Miami Airport security. They actually had to cut this little bit for inflight showings on British Airways flights, due to Branson's airline Virgin Atlantic being a rival competitor to British Airways in transatlantic air travel** A similarly short appearance by VS Angel Alessandra Ambrosio as a sexy tennis player who gives Bond the eyes in Nassau.** One of the poker players is played by Tsai Chin, who played Ling, the Chinese girl Bond beds in the pre-credits sequence of ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice''.* CastTheExpert:** The parkour guy that James Bond pursues in the LeParkour scene at the beginning of the film is Sébastien Foucan, one of the inventors of LeParkour.** When Bond plays poker at the Ocean Club and wins Dimitrios's car, the dealer running the game is an actual professional poker dealer who works at that establishment.* DeathByCameo: The director of the film plays a truck driver who has his {{neck snap}}ped at the Miami airport.* DyeingForYourArt: Daniel Craig buffed up and put on twenty pounds of muscle for the role of Bond. In an aversion of the literal meaning of the trope, many critics moaned about Craig's hair being blonde in the film.* FakeBrit: Eva Green is French.* HeyItsThatGuy:** Tyrone from {{Snatch}} is apparently a poker ace too.** Le Chiffre's stockbroker is none other than [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E2CityOfDeath Duggan]] (Tom Chadbon).** The warlord that Le Chiffre meets at the beginning would later go on to appear on the seventh season of ''Series/TwentyFour'', ironically enough as a prime minister opposing a similar warlord.** Spanish people watching this film could easily recognize the casino director as [[ElInternado Jacques Noiret]].** That's [[Film/InglouriousBasterds Sgt. Werner Rachtman]] contacting Vesper while in Venice** Madame Wu is also [[Series/AgentsOfSHIELD S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent May's mother]].** Hey, It's That Plane!: The plane that served as the experimental skyliner is now located at Dunsfield Aerodrome, also home of ''Series/TopGear''. You can frequently catch glimpses of it behind the test track, and Jeremy Clarkson actually tows it during a tractor "drag" race in one episode.* MythologyGag: To get this you have to read several of the original novels, especially ''Goldfinger''. Throughout the series there are references to the game at the Casino Royale including the names and positions of the players. The large black gentleman? Mr. Big from ''Literature/LiveAndLetDie''. The touristy woman to Felix's left? In the book ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'', she and her husband ask Bond to investigate Goldfinger's cheating them.* NonAppearingTitle: "You Know My Name" has no mention of "Casino Royale" because according to Music/ChrisCornell, he "couldn't imagine it fitting into a song lyric that would come out of my mouth"-->"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEk9gWNfaVE ''Casino Royale'' didn't make a good rock title]], but I would write a song named ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'' just for fun".* HistoricalInJoke: A throwaway line from M suggests that Le Chiffre may have orchestrated the 9/11 attacks, or at the very least, profited off of them.* TechnologyMarchesOn: Cell phones, here probably intended to show how gadgets aren't necessary in the modern world. They looked terrific at the time (remember that GPS?) but amusingly, in today's smartphone era they all now look terribly out of date.* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Approximately half the male actors in film were rumored as being considered for the role of Bond. Of note, Creator/HenryCavill was the runner-up, but at age 22, was considered too young.** A lot of the examples of this trope for this film involve the constant struggle of MGM and EON to secure/keep/re-secure the rights to the novel.*** As ''Film/{{Hitchcock}}'' notes, when MGM first had the rights, they wanted Creator/AlfredHitchcock to direct, with Creator/CaryGrant as Bond. Sadly, that fell through. And then Columbia got the rights and did [[CasinoRoyale1967 that other film....]]*** Creator/QuentinTarantino often expressed his desire to do the film--as a prequel to the classic series instead of a reboot, set before ''Film/DrNo''. He also noted that if a literal prequel were impossible, he'd have kept Creator/PierceBrosnan. (He's since half-joked that his interest in doing ''Casino Royale'' was what led to the studio trying to secure the rights for the book again.)----[[redirect:Trivia/CasinoRoyale2006]]

* HistoricalInJoke: A throwaway line from M suggests that Le Chiffre may have orchestrated the 9/11 attacks, or at the very least, profited off of them

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* HistoricalInJoke: A throwaway line from M suggests that Le Chiffre may have orchestrated the 9/11 attacks, or at the very least, profited off of themthem.* TechnologyMarchesOn: Cell phones, here probably intended to show how gadgets aren't necessary in the modern world. They looked terrific at the time (remember that GPS?) but amusingly, in today's smartphone era they all now look terribly out of date.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: Cell phones, here probably intended to show how gadgets aren't necessary in the modern world. They looked terrific at the time (remember that GPS?) but amusingly, in today's smartphone era they all now look terribly out of date.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: Cell phones, here probably intended to show how gadgets aren't necessary in the modern world. They looked terrific at the time (remember that GPS?) but amusingly, in today's smartphone era they all now look terribly out of date.

*** As ''Film/Hitchcock'' notes, when MGM first had the rights, they wanted Creator/AlfredHitchcock to direct, with Creator/CaryGrant as Bond. Sadly, that fell through. And then Columbia got the rights and did [[CasinoRoyale1967 that other film....]]

to:

*** As ''Film/Hitchcock'' ''Film/{{Hitchcock}}'' notes, when MGM first had the rights, they wanted Creator/AlfredHitchcock to direct, with Creator/CaryGrant as Bond. Sadly, that fell through. And then Columbia got the rights and did [[CasinoRoyale1967 that other film....]]

** A lot of the examples of this trope for this film involve the constant struggle of MGM and EON to secure/keep/re-secure the rights to the novel.*** As ''Film/Hitchcock'' notes, when MGM first had the rights, they wanted Creator/AlfredHitchcock to direct, with Creator/CaryGrant as Bond. Sadly, that fell through. And then Columbia got the rights and did [[CasinoRoyale1967 that other film....]]*** Creator/QuentinTarantino often expressed his desire to do the film--as a prequel to the classic series instead of a reboot, set before ''Film/DrNo''. He also noted that if a literal prequel were impossible, he'd have kept Creator/PierceBrosnan. (He's since half-joked that his interest in doing ''Casino Royale'' was what led to the studio trying to secure the rights for the book again.)

* AbilityOverAppearance: Creator/DanielCraig got a lot of controversy when he was cast as James Bond because he looked very different from the past Bonds, being derisively referred to as "James Blond." This of course all went away once the film came out and he got rave reviews. He may have invoked the trope, since he refused to dye his hair black for the role.

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* AbilityOverAppearance: Creator/DanielCraig got a lot of controversy when he was cast as James Bond because he looked very different from the past Bonds, being derisively referred to as "James Blond." This of course all went away away, of course, once the film came out out, and he got rave reviews. He may have invoked the trope, trope since he refused to dye his hair black for the role.

* DyeingForYourArt: Daniel Craig buffed up and put on 20 lbs of muscle for the role of Bond. In an aversion of the literal meaning of the trope, many critics moaned about Craig's hair being blonde in the film.

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* DyeingForYourArt: Daniel Craig buffed up and put on 20 lbs twenty pounds of muscle for the role of Bond. In an aversion of the literal meaning of the trope, many critics moaned about Craig's hair being blonde in the film.

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